A Music Business Plan Is Indeed In Need!
So you’ve got the guys or gals together and you’re starting the next best music thing since the The Beatles. You’re guitarist is slamming riffs down like Fat Albert at an all you can eat breakfast buffet, your bass player is shaking your mom’s windows to the core, your drummer is ripping out Neil Peart drumrolls and your vocalist can break glass with her pipes. What’s next? How do you go about getting out of your mom’s basement or garage and into the real world of fame and fortune that’s been waiting for you…
The reality is that for many of you the road to good paying gigs and a mediocre to good following of fans won’t come easy and it won’t be quick.
You’re going to have to put some work into this thing and shed some blood sweat and tears to make it happen. But hey, you’re ready for that aren’t you? I mean that’s why you’ve spent all these years practicing your scales and drumlicks for hours on end, right?
Good. I’m glad to see that you’re feet are on the ground and that you’re not sending your band out into the world with some pie in the sky idea that this music business gig is going to be a breeze. That you’re going to play your tracks out in the streets and be discovered overnight. That’s not you right? Because if it is… this is probably not the right blog for you.
Where Do You Begin?
You know that to make it in the music business you’ll need to be a business savvy marketing machine and learn the ins and outs of taking your product (yes your music is a product) and exposing it to the masses. Of course you’re so ahead of the game that you even know that the masses is way too big a target. You’re so ahead of the game that you know that you’ve got to start right in your own home town… Excellent!
Now, before you start breaking down walls in your mom’s house to set up the band’s office you’re going to need to sit down with all members of your band and really evaluate what it is you all want to achieve. Is everyone’s expectations in line with the band’s as a whole? If they aren’t, it’s best to find this out before you go out and make yourselves known. There’s nothing worse than beginning a marketing and exposure campaign only to find out that your bass player isn’t really into it. So come to an understanding of just where it is you all would like to be in this music business in the next 2 to 3 years and get off your asses and start the process of making it happen. Just remember that all successful endeavors begin with a plan.
Yeah Duss. You say we need a plan but… how do I go about making one? Good question.
You Need A Music Business Plan My Friend
Your music business plan can be as simple or as complicated as you’d like to make it. The best music business plans are the ones that are well researched and thought through before implementation. So doing your homework is absolutely necessary.
Once you’ve all determined what your bands’ ultimate goals are, it’s time to go through the process of researching what’s needed to begin to make them happen. Take it one step at a time and complete each goal milestone like stepping stones in order and you’ll slowly find that your building blocks (remember Lego when you were a kid) will naturally take you to the completion of your ultimate goals.
Now I realize that some of the musicians in the world really have no head for music business and if this is you, get your head out of the ground. We don’t have any time for ostrich musicians here at DussRodgers.com. If you’re a musician and you’re not doing everything you can to learn more about your business believe me your neighbor is and his band is the one getting the gigs that you can’t. You don’t want to be left behind so hop to it. No excuses…
This Is The Real World
I’ve got to tell it like it is friends. The music business is a tough business and if you don’t have the drive and determination to learn, learn and learn some more about how to run your band like a business… believe me that ever elusive success mountain will keep rising and rising as it moves ever so slowly away from you and your lazy ass. Yes. Lazy Ass.
You’re here at DussRodgers.com and believe me this is not take me by the hand and fill my eyes with lights and glam music business talk my friend. I’m here to provide you with the real. The music business is hard. Really, really hard and only those with backbones of steel and the determination of a bull will find success. Even with all that there’s no real guarantee you’ll achieve all of your goals. The good news is that you CAN find SOME amount of success. You just need to start with a plan.
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